“I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists.” ThinkingWritingArtFactsArtistSongInterestNaturalListeningGrewKingsGrew UpInspiredGuitarSongwritingWriting SongsPlaying Guitar Author:Kate Voegele
“It doesn't matter what kind of music you like or what kind of person you are or what you're used to listening to, or whether you know me or not. It doesn't matter, either way you can be inspired by it [my songs]. Each way I want to make it relatable to that group, but most of all keep the inspirational part of it, for sure."” KnowsWayWantKindPersonsMatterUsedSongGroupsListeningInspiredKnow MeRelatableBe Inspired Author:Miley Cyrus
“I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.” RecordsListeningDadInspiredMy DadClarinetGoodman Author:Alvin Lee
“I believe in spiritualism. It's like, when you listen to music or something and then you're sort of primed. If you're an artist, you're sort of primed and inspired, and you start drawing, you sort of have the spirit of what you're listening to, still in you. You just have sort of an inspiration.” IfsBelieveStillsInspirationSpiritArtistI BelieveListeningInspiredI Believe InDrawingListening To MusicSpiritualism Author:Daniel Johnston
“If I said who I was influenced by, it would be really weird and pretentious because it would be people who have nothing to do with what I do. From a listening perspective, there's just something in their playing that I'm inspired by.” PeopleIfsSaidWould BePerspectiveListeningInspiredPretentiousReally Weird Author:Sam Amidon
“[My fashion] line is inspired by real people, so I guess you could say it was listening to them, what they need, what they want and then translating that into coming from me.” PeopleWantNeedsRealLinesFashionListeningInspiredTranslate Author:Zendaya
“I'm inspired by watching and listening to people. For example, my first novel, The Scale, came to life after I overheard two women discussing their struggle with their weight at the gym.” PeopleNovelStruggleListeningInspiredGym Author:Mika
“I was inspired by, when I was in college, seeing some incredible speakers come to my school: Michael Eric Dyson, Spike Lee, Nikki Giovanni, and other poets and writers. I always loved that experience: going and sitting in an auditorium and listening to their opinions.” SchoolOpinionCollegePoetListeningInspiredIncrediblesSpeakers Author:J. Cole